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I also notice crackling on the sd channels on service electric of Sparta cable tv service for the max and hbo channels. Not on the hd feed. Is it noticable during live events too? Good thing hbo broadcasts boxing in 2.0.

I followed up again with tech support and they have closed all cases related to all the leg work I did trying to isolate this issue for them. The agent I spoke with was unfamiliar with the issue and told me no one would be following up with me on it any further and he didn't have any information regarding the issue whatsoever. Now that certainly doesn't mean there is a fix involved but they seem less than interested in keeping me involved. As of yesterday the issue still exists.

I'm going to give it a month or two and if it hasn't been fixed I'm going to demand a new case be open for the issue.

I'll ask again. has anyone been able to talk to HBO about this? It's clear it is a problem coming from HBO/Cinemax, since it has been reported with several providers.

No it's not. Providers are trying to meet Calm Act requirements and are adjusting the Dial Norm settings. We are leaving our's alone and have no issue's and complaints, I have even recorded and played back problem shows noted here and played them back on a quality Denon receiver via a Polk 5.1 system with no issue's.

Sorry, I just can't buy this. It is so unlikely that several different providers show the same problem, only with HBO/Cinemax and only with certain shows. I am sure they can't all be working together to make the same mistakes, only with one source provider. And even if they were, it's up to HBO to explain what is wrong.

This is just like the HBO PQ "pulse" from a couple of years ago. You'd be watching some movies or shows and they would be macroblocking as a continuous pulse (blocky, clear, blocky, clear), it wasnt easy to notice but once you did it sucked. More and more people noticed it, and less and less said "I dont see it, its your system", then poof one day it was fixed...

Well that's interesting. My daughter was at our house on Sunday evening. She has HBO via her satellite provider. She wanted to watch GoT with us so she used her HBO Go feature to watch it at our house, which I don't think is against her TOS agreement with her sat provider because it's her account and she was watching it with us. Audio was crystal clear for the whole program. It must be the way HBO handles the various streams. That sucks then for people who are paying for HBO.

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I'm having the same issue with HBO in Canada. I'm with Cogeco cable via a Motorola DCT6416 III DVR and A Denon AVR-1713. Its frustrating, but at least it doesn't seem to be an issue with my receiver.

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I'm having the same issue with HBO in Canada. I'm with Cogeco cable via a Motorola DCT6416 III DVR and A Denon AVR-1713. Its frustrating, but at least it doesn't seem to be an issue with my receiver.